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A quantity of Folio Society books, mostly novels to include Anthony Trollope; 'The Prime Minister', 'The Duke's Children', 'Miss Mackenzie', 'Is he Popenjoy?', 'Can You Forgive Her?' and 'The Eustace Diamonds', P G Wodehouse; 'Jeeves and Wooster', also 'The Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries Collection', 'The Spy's Bedside Book, 'Gold Cover Collection' to include 'The Plums of P G Wodehouse', 'The Cream of Noel Coward', 'The Wit of Oscar Wilde', 'The Pick of Punch' (x2), war and crime related editions to include four editions of 'The Folio Treasury of Shorter Crime Fiction', 'The Daughter of Time', 'No Cloak, No Dagger', 'If This is a Man', 'A Month in the Country', 'The Long Weekend', etc (2).

A quantity of Folio Society non-fiction books to include 'Leonardo da Vinci', 'Michelangelo', 'The Nude', 'A Bibliography 1947-1996', 'The Jubilee Years 1887-1897', 'Shakespeare's Life and World', 'Life' and 'The Earth: An Intimate History' by Richard Fortey, 'Good Things', 'Enigma' and other factual books to include 'The Lore of the Land', 'The Oxford Companion to Music', 'Chambers Biographical Dictionary', 'The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy', 'The Times Atlas of the World Comprehensive Edition', etc.

Digges (Sir Dudley). The Compleat Ambassador: or Two Treatises of the Intended Marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious Memory. Comprised in Letters of Negotation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her Resident in France. Together with the Answers of the Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester, Sir Tho: Smith, and others, 1st edition, London: by Tho[mas] Newcomb for Gabriel Bedell and Thomas Collins, 1655, signatures pi4 a4 B-3I4 3K2 c3 (signature 3G1 missigned 3H1; possibly lacking final blank 3c4), pp. [16], 232, 231-414, 419-434, 439-441, [7], engraved frontispiece by William Faithorne (=pi1), title-page in red and black, toning, a few trivial marks, edges gilt over earlier red dye, early-19th-century red morocco gilt by J. Mackenzie (his ink-stamp, 'J. Mackenzie, bookbinder to the King' on front free endpaper verso), folio in 4s (30.2 x 18.9 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Christopher Turnor (1809-1886) of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, Conservative politician, with his bookplate. ESTC R22010; Wing D1453.

Zoesius (Henry). Commentarius ad digestorum sev pandectarum iuris civilis libros L. Opus novum, juris universi, veteris, novi, novissimi, passim enucleati, locuples thesaurus, Louvain: Hieronymi Nempaei, 1656, title in red & black, with woodcut device (lightly creased), contemporary vellum, blind arabesque to centre of each board, remnants of leather label to spine, upper joint split at head, some dust-soiling, lacking ties, folio, together with: Christinaeus (Paulus), In leges municipales civitatis ac provinciae Mechliensis commentaria ac notae: una cum additionibus cuique titulo & articulo subiunctis. 4th edition, Antwerp: Hieronymum & Joannem Bapt. Verdussen, 1671, title in red & black with printer's woodcut device, half-title detached and creased, one leaf of index at rear creased, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints split, worn at head & foot of spine, folio, Voet (Johannis), Commentarius ad Pandectas. In quo praeter Romani Juris principia ac controversias illustriores, Jus etiam hodiernum, & praecipuae Fori Quaestiones excutiuntur, 2 volumes, Coloniae Allobrogum (Cologny, Geneva): Fratres Cramer, 1757, half-title to volume 1, titles in red & black with woodcut device, some light damp stains to volume 1, scattered spotting, 20th century calf-backed cloth, folioQty: (4)

Pearson (John). An Exposition of the Creed. By John Lord Bishop of Chester, 4th edition, revised and enlarged, London: printed by J.M. for John Williams, 1676, engraved portrait frontispiece and woodcut crown device to title, border ruled in red to both, upper blank margin of title with scribbled out signature, front blank with early signature of Edward Denham, lacking marbled free endpapers, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (1857-1942) of Lyme Park, Cheshire, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco, gilt panelled decoration to boards and elaborate gilt decorated spine, light wear to extremities, small area of damage to fore-edge of upper board, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing P998; ESTC R23232.

Bindings. Burnet (Gilbert). The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, first part, London: printed by T.H. for Richard Chiswell, 1679, imprimatur leaf, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, seven engraved portrait plates, borders red ruled throughout, marbled endpapers (without rear free endpaper), hinges crudely repaired, armorial bookplate of Joseph Wren to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, with gilt decorated spine and gilt panelled and decorated boards incorporating armorial of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (1617 -1693), joints and head & foot of spine repaired, corners repaired, some light rubbing, folio, together with: ibid, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, third part. Being a Supplement to the two volumes formerly publish'd, London: J. Churchill, 1715, title in red & black, four engraved portrait plates, marbled endpapers (without rear free endpaper), hinges crudely repaired, armorial bookplate of Joseph Wren to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, elaborately gilt decorated spine, gilt panelled and decorated boards, joints and head & tail of spine repaired, corners repaired, folioQty: (2)NOTESWilliam Sancroft (1617-1693) was the second son of Francis Sandcroft or Sancroft, of Fressingfield in Suffolk, and Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas Butcher. The family were of yeoman stock. William was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School and was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge 10 September 1633 where his uncle was Master. He graduated B.A. in 1637, M.A. in 1641, and B.D. in 1648. In 1642 he was elected Fellow and, because of his exemplary character was not ejected until 1651. When he was ejected, he at first lived with his brother, and then, in 1657, went abroad. At the Restoration, he was restored to his fellowship and in 1662 he was elected Master of Emmanuel, where he turned the chapel into a library, and procured plans for a new chapel. In 1664 he was made Dean of York on the 8 January, and Dean of St Paul's on the 10 December. In the latter office he was instrumental, with Sir Christopher Wren, in the rebuilding of St Paul's after the Great Fire of London. He was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury 27 January 1678, but opposed James II who sent him to the Tower. Despite this, at the Glorious Revolution he remained faithful to his oath of allegiance to James II. As a result he was suspended and returned to Fressingfield, where he built himself a modest house. He had intended to leave his library to Lambeth Palace, but changed his mind, sending his books remaining at Lambeth to Emmanuel College as a gift. He intended his manuscripts and the larger part of his printed books at Fressingfield, to go to the college after his death, reserving for his nephews such books as would suit a gentleman's library. As he took no formal steps to arrange this, his heirs made no attempt to carry out his wishes, and are said to have sold his manuscripts to the bookseller Bateman for eighty guineas, of whom they were bought by Bishop Tanner who presented them to the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

Holles (Denzil). A True Relation of the Unjust Accusation of Certain French Gentlemen, (charged with a robbery, of which they were most innocent) and the proceedings upon it, with their tryal and acquittance in the Court of Kings Bench, in Easter Term last, London: printed by J. Darby, for Richard Chiswel, 1671, [2], 44pp., title torn to upper outer corner and lower blank margin, gutter margin of initial two and final leaves strengthened, scattered spotting, bookplate of Henry Goodwin Rooth to upper pastedown, late 18th century half sheep, marbled sides, lacking spine, 4to (Wing H2480), together with: City of London, The Humble Petition of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common-Council Assembled, on the Thirteenth of January, 1680. To the King’s most Excellent Majesty, for the sitting of this present Parliment prorogu’d to the twentieth instant. Together with the Resolutions, Orders, and Debates of the said Court, London: printed by Samuel Roycroft, 1680, without order to print leaf A1 before title, some toning and browning, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, slim folio (Wing H3577), [D.F.], A Sermon taken out of an Oxford Scholar’s Pocket, who was found Dead in Bishop’s Wood, near High-gate, on Munday, Feb. 15. 1685/6. Together with a True Relation of the Manner of his being Discovered there. Now published for the publick good. With allowance, April the 4th 1688, London: Tho. Fabian, 1688, [6], 33, [1]pp., disbound 4to (Wing D20), [Long, Thomas], A Resolution of Certain Queries concerning Submission to the Present Government ... By a Divine of the Church of England, as by Law Establisht. Licensed, April 8th, 1689, J. Fraser, London: printed, and are to be sold by R. Balwin, 1689, [8], 63, [1]pp., repaired to gutter margins, modern marbled boards, 4to (Wing L2980), [Somers, John], A Letter, Ballancing the Necessity of Keeping a Land-Force in Times of Peace: with the Dangers that may follow on it, [London], Printed in the Year 1697, [2], 16pp., early marginalia, browning, disbound 4to (Wing S4642)Qty: (5)

Transylvania (Principality) - Apafi Miha?ly I (Sovereign 1661-1690). The Declaration of the Hungarian War, Lately set out by the most illustrious Michael Apafi, Prince of Transilvania, against the Emperour’s S. Majesty. According to the Transylvanian copy, anno 1682. To all kings, princes, and common-wealths, ... Michael Apafi, by the grace of God Prince of Transylvania, ... I do declare and testifie in sincere truth and unfeigned faith, London: Francis Smith, Sen., 1682, [4], 15, [1]pp. (including additional title page: Declaratio belli Hungarici), some toning, disbound folio, together with: France, The French Intrigues Discovered. With the Methods and Arts to Retrench the Potency of France by Land and Sea, and to Confine that Monarch within his Antient Dominions and Territories. Humbly submitted to the Consideration of the Princes and States of Europe, especially o England. Written in a Letter from a Person of Quality abroad, to his Correspondent here, London: R. Baldwin, 1681, [2], 31, [1]pp., initial blank present, light damp staining and some toning, disbound folio, Law, The Lawyers Demurrer, to the Addresses in Fashion. Or, the several Declarations and Orders of the Honourable Societies of the Middle-Temple, and Grays-Inn, lately made in Relation to that Affair, London: Richard Janeway, 1681, 2pp., single sheet, caption title, imprint to colophon, light toning, disbound folio, Nottingham Charters, The Case of the Burgesses of Nottingham, in reference to the Surrendring of their Charters, truly stated, August the 21st. 1682, London: Brabazon Aylmer, [1682], 4pp., caption title, imprint to colophon, folded and inner blank margin excised at foot, disbound folio, [Penn, William],The Great Question to be Considered by the King, and this approaching Parliament, briefly proposed, and modestly discussed: (To wit) How far Religion is concerned in Policy or Civil Government, and Policy in Religion? With an Essay rightly to distinguish these great interests, upon the Disquisition of which a sufficient Basis is proposed for the firm Settlement of these Nations, to the most probable satisfaction of the several Interests and Parties therein. By one who desires to give unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsars, and to God the things that are Gods, [London: s.n., 1679], 8pp., caption title, final leaf with letterpress signed at end 'Philo-britannicus' (i.e. William Penn), light damp staining, disbound folio, Charles II, Reflections upon the Conduct of the King of Great Britain in the late Wars. Contained in a Letter from a Subject of one of the Confederated Princes, to a Friend in Holland. Done into English, London: Printed for H.R., 1682, 4pp., caption title, imprint to colophon, light toning and minor damp stains, gutter margins slightly torn, disbound folioQty: (6)NOTES1. ESTC R16479; Wing A3526. 2. ESTC R9404; Wing F2185. 3. ESTC R17022; Wing L740. 4. ESTC R25331; Wing C1023E. 5. ESTC R7032; Wing P1300 & Sabin 59704. 6. ESTC R222084; Wing R727.

Rye House Plot. A True Account and Declaration of the Horrid Conspiracy against the Late King, His present Majesty, and the Government: as it was Order'd to be Published by His Late Majesty, [by Thomas Sprat], 2nd edition, [London], in the Savoy: printed by Thomas Newcomb, to be sold by Sam. Lowndes, 1685, order to print leaf facing title, bound with: ibid., Copies of the Informations and Original Papers relating to the Proof of the Horrid Conspiracy..., [London], in the Savoy: printed by Thomas Newcomb, to be sold by Sam. Lowndes, 1685, folding engraved plan, later endpapers, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (1857-1942) of Lyme Park, Cheshire, and with bookcase/shelf label, hinges split, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt crest of 2nd Baron Newton of Lyme Park at foot of spine, morocco title label, rubbed and light wear to extremities, small folioQty: (1)NOTESWing S5067 & S5029.

Royal Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, 1687, additional engraved title by David Loggan after Jan Baptist Gaspars with ruled line decoration and borders (faint initials W.H. in red pencil to lower margin), letterpress general title and Psalms title with woodcut royal armorial to each, black letter text, few decorative initials, titles and borders red ruled throughout volume, leaves G2, G3 & H2 with small tears to lower margins and lower outer corners, front pastedown with signature of Walter Mayne and dated March 20 1692, and with armorial bookplate of John Thomas Mayne, contemporary gilt panelled and richly decorated black morocco in the style of Samuel Mearne (1624-1683. Possibly by his son Samuel Mearne Jnr.), elaborate blind decoration, expertly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, compartments to spine and board corner decoration with the crowned cypher of King James II within palm leaves, some neat corner repairs, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing B3679.

State Tracts, Being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II, London, 1689, erratic pagination (as often), occasional light toning, title with paper flaw and some soiling or marks, front pastedown with 'JE' monogram bookplate above contemporary ink manuscript shelfmark, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed with some wear to extremities, joints cracked at head and foot, spine with gilt-lettered label, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing S5329. Provenance: John Evelyn (1620-1702), with contemporary ink manuscript shelfmark; sold Evelyn Library Part III, Christie, Manson & Woods, 16 March 1978, lot 1414, with bookplate, acquired by [Nicholas?] Tzakas; sold Sotheby's London, 3 December 1979, lot 35 (ink manuscript annotation to front free endpaper, with amount paid excised); and a futher pencilled note to front free endpaper 'Lot 79'.

France. Donnet (Alexis). Carte topographique minéralogique et Statistique de la France réduite de celle de Cassini, a l'échelle de 1/388,800..., Paris: Hyacinthe Langlois, 1817, engraved title, Tableau provisoire and uncoloured engraved map on 24 numbered sheets, including final Tableau Statistique et administratif de la France, plus unnumbered d'Assemblage, marginal tears without loss to no. 9 with old tape remains to verso, some dust soiling and a few scattered minor marginal splits, 19th-century cloth backed marbled boards with leather spine label, rubbed and slightly soiled, oblong atlas folio (53 x 73 cm)Qty: (1)

Sturluson (Snorri). Heims Kringla eller Snorre Sturlusons Nordlänske Konunga Sagor. Sive historiae regum septentrionalium ... illustravit Johann Peringskiöld, 2 volumes in 1, Stockholm: Literis Wankiwianis, 1697, signatures pi4 b-c4 A-5L4 5M4(-4); pi1 A-3K4 3L2 )(-8)(2 chi1 [superscript 2]A-[superscript 2]2I2, pp. [24] 830; [2] 486 [128], engraved device to title-page, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, variable browning, occasional spotting, a few old oil- and damp-stains, volume 1 with spill-burn to 3I4 obscuring a few letters, small hole in text of 3P1, volume 2 N1-2 repaired in fore margins, chi1 catchword excised, paper-disruption in gutter of index leaf [superscript 2]2H2, front inner hinges reinforced, edges sprinkled blue, 19th-century half roan, loss to spine-ends, joints cracked, folio (29.2 x 19.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESPMM 168; Sabin 85484. First edition in the original Old Norse (Icelandic) of the foundational work of Old Norse literature; for earlier editions, all translations, see Heimskringla ... Translated and with an Introduction by Lee M. Hollander (Austin, 1964), pp. xxiv-xxv. The Old Norse is printed in parallel with a Swedish translation, and with a Latin translation at the foot. 'Although the expeditions of the Norsemen to America were not mentioned in the manuscript copies of Sturluson's sagas, Peringskiöld introduces references to these expeditions in vol. I pp. 188-210' (Sabin).

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: printed by Charles Bill, abd the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, 1700, engraved frontispiece (creased), title with woodcut royal armorial and with inscriptions 'George Briston, The Revd. John Brown, Belfast(?) 27th December 1817. For my dear friend the Rev. Bernard Moore, J. Brown', few decorative woodcut initials, leaf B1 torn and repaired, some light damp staining at head, some fraying and short closed tears mostly to lower margins of initial leaves, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and elaborately decorated maroon morocco, initials W.W. to centre of each board, neatly repaired at foot of spine, board corners repaired, light scuffing, folioQty: (1)

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas’d, 1706, additional engraved title by P. Williamson, Kalendar in red & black, text in black letter & roman, few decorative initials, G4 repaired to fore-edge margin, separate letterpress title to Psalms with imprint dated 1686, few short closed marginal tears, occasional light finger-soiling to margins, Dutch gilt endpapers (hinges split), armorial bookplate of William Bromley of Baginton, Warwickshire to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and richly decorated morocco, joints and head & foot of spine expertly repaired, board corners repaired, small folioQty: (1)NOTESWilliam Bromley (1663-1732) of Baginton, Warwickshire, was the son of Sir William Bromley (died 1682) of Baginton, and his wife Ursula Leigh, daughter of Thomas Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. He sat in the House of Commons between 1690 and 1732, and was Speaker of the House from 1710 to 1713 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1713 to 1714. Bromley supported the Hanoverian Succession in 1714.

Royal Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: printed by John Baskett and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1723, engraved frontispiece with imprint dated 1710, woodcut royal arms to letterpress title, all edges gilt, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf, gilt monogram device with crown of King George I to spine compartments and board corners, joints and head & foot of spine neatly repaired, corners repaired, without ties, folioQty: (1)

Burnet (Gilbert). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Thomas Ward [-for Thomas Ward], 1724-34, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with insect devices, red and green labels, rubbed, some wear, joints partially cracked but firm, folio (34.8 x 22.8 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA (1948-), British art historian and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1994 to 2015. ESTC T144689. Annotated by the editor 'The original manuscript of both volumes of this his History will be deposited in the Cotton library by T. Burnett' on the verso of the title-page to volume two.

Boudard (Jean Baptiste). Iconologie tirée de divers auteurs. Ouvrage utile aux gens de lettres, aux poetes, aux artistes, & généralement tous les amateurs des Beaux Arts, volume two (of 3) only, Palma, Chez l'auteur, De l'Imprimerie de Philippe Carmignani, 1759, text printed in French and Italian, 219 engraved allegorical illustrations to text, with description in French and Italian below the image, in two columns, with wide margins, contents generally in clean condition except for a few spots to lower margins, contemporary half calf, somewhat worn with joints partly cracked, folio, together with Kip (Johannes, 1652/53-1722). A bound volume containing 21 full-page copper engraved allegorical plates from Antoine Le Grand's An Entire Body of Philosophy according to the Principles of Renate Des Cartes, [printed by Samuel Roycroft and sold by Richard Blome, 1694], 21 engraved plates only (from the total of 100), by Kip after G. Freman (or Freeman), ocassional marks and minor fraying to outer corners of first few leaves, short closed tear to centre of fore-margin not effecting engraved area, contemporary plain wrappers, stitched as issued, some wear, slim folioQty: (2)NOTESSold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Royal Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David..., London: printed by Thomas Baskett and Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1754, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with woodcut royal armorial, red-ruled borders throughout volume, front blank flyleaf with ownership inscription 'Edward Greene, Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire, Augst. 1864', marbled endpapers, bookplate of C. Baines, Pembroke College to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco morroco, elaborate gilt decorated spine incorporating gilt monogram & crown device of King George II to spine compartments, wide gilt rollwork decoration to borders of boards with large gilt embossed armorial of George II to centre of each, without ties to board edges, minor rubbing to extremities, folio (41.5 x 25 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA handsome example of The Book of Common Prayer in George II royal binding. See British Armorial Bindings Database George II stamp 07, which lists four other examples bearing the same armorial stamp, including a volume of Acts 24 George II, Great Britain, London, 1750; The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1739; The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1745; The Holy Bible, Oxford, 1717.

[Diderot, Denis & D'Alembert, Jean]. Recueil de Planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication, Troisieme livraison, 298 planches, & Dixieme et derniere livraison, ou onzieme et dernier volume, 239 planches (volumes 4 & 11 from the total of 11 volumes of plates), Paris, chez Briasson, 1765 & 1772, volume 4: 275 engraved plates (some double-page) of 276, half-title with pictorial bookplate of Lessac to blank verso, a few minor spots or marks, dampstain to blank gutter at front, stitching showing but firm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, worn, two front corners with pinned metal covers (two rear corners with pinholes), joints cracked, folio, volume 11: 194 engraved plates (many folding, one double-page), a few minor spots, two plates spotted or marked, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, spine with contrasting labels, folioQty: (2)NOTESVolumes 4 and 11 of the eleven plate volumes which form part of the original 28-volume 'Encyclopédie' published between 1751 and 1772, edited by Diderot and co-edited by d'Alembert until 1759. Volume 4 includes plates relating to cabinetmaking (marquetry), enamelling, fencing, floristry, tinsmithing, horology, furriery, large forges or iron art, and making pins, spurs, earthenware, gloves and glass, among other crafts and trades. Volume 11 includes weaving, passementerie, and gauze- ribbon- and silk-making.

Watts (Isaac & Others). Shipbuilding, Theoretical and Practical..., Corresponding and General Editor, W. J. Macquorn Rankine, published William Mackenzie, 1866, 4 folding tables and 44 mostly folding double-page engraved plates (including 17 single-page plates), a little spotting, top edge gilt, inner hinges broken, contemporary calf gilt, heavily rubbed, together with: Tideman (B. J.), Memoriaal van de Marine, ... van Nederlandsche Oorlogschepen en omtrent eenige Havens, Tokken, Sluizen, Werven, Enz..., Amsterdam: J. H. & G. van Heteren, 1876-1880, 56 lithographic plates including many tinted or partly tinted and three folding, a little spotting, modern half morocco over marbled boards, both folioQty: (2)

Leybourn (William). Cursus Mathematicus. Mathematical Sciences, in Nine Books. Comprehending Arithmetics... Geometry... Cosmography... Astronomy... Navigation... Trigonometry... With the Description, Construction, and use of Geometrical and Nautical Instruments: And the Doctrine of Triangles applied to Practice in Mensurations of all kinds..., 1st edition, London: Printed for Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke, Thomas Sawbridge, Awnsham and John Churchill, 1690, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White (detached with frayed margins), title printed in red and black, 44 engraved plates (35 folding), illustrations, title and dedication detached, leaf 2E2 (i.e. Book II sectional title bound after 2E3), engraved plate of the moon (between pp. 446-447) bound upside down, occasional early annotations, a few closed tears some browning and damp stains, early ownership signature of R. Grove?, contemporary calf, covers detached, some wear, folioQty: (1)NOTESESTC R2239; Wing L1911. Provenance: Christopher Hussey (1899-1970), British architecture authority, presentation inscription to George Barnes, 1959, and small label 'Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst' (Hussey's family home) to front pastedown. William Leybourn (1626-c.1700) was a mathematician and land surveyor, published this encyclopaedic work in 1690, 'This is a folio volume of over nine hundred pages and includes the substance of his former publications.' (DNB).

Herbelot (Barthelémy d'). Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionaire universel contenant généralement tout ce qui regard la connoissance des peuples de l'orient, 1st edition, Paris: Compagnie des libraires, 1697, half-title, title-page in red and black, incomplete (lacking leaves H2-3), closed tear and marginal repair to F1, occasional browning, a few marks, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label, front joint cracked but firm, slight loss to foot of spine, folio (38.7 x 24.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAtabey 572-4 for other editions. Herbelot's great encyclopaedia of the Islamic world was in large part adapted from the Kashf al-Zunun of 17th-century Ottoman scholar Katip Çelebi.

Qur'an. Six juz' (sections) from a manuscript Qur'an, Qajar Iran, early 19th century, Arabic manuscript in black ink on polished laid paper, in 6 volumes (comprising juz' 2, 3, 6, 20, 26 and 28), each with 15 leaves, naskh script, 12 lines to the page, text in illuminated frames throughout, text of juz' 2, 3, 6 and 26 within gold frames, surah-headings and marginal nisf and hizb markings in gold, recitation markings in red, damp-staining, many leaves partially stuck together in consequence (in particular in juz' 20), a few marginal worm-tracks and other marks, waqf inscriptions, uniform contemporary bindings of olive-green morocco, gilt frames and filigree centrepieces with extensions to boards, protective drab linen coverings, leaf dimensions 22.4 x 14.5 cm, together with a copy of issue 4 of Persian radical socialist magazine Sur-e Asrafil (1907), 8 pp., nicked and damp-stained, folioQty: (7)

* Anne (1665-1714). Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. Document Signed, 'Anne R', as Queen, at the head, Court at St. James's, 5 December 1710, manuscript military commission on vellum, appointing Ellis Cooper to be a 'Major of Our Regiment of Foot commanded by Our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Cousin William Lord Viscount Mountjoy', countersigned at the foot by William Legge (1672-1750) 1st Earl of Dartmouth, lacking the seal upper left and with some light overall age wear and a few minor, very small holes, 1 page, oblong folio (30.5 x 41cm)Qty: (1)

* Autograph Album. An album of mounted cut signatures "specially given for Ye Olde Barkynge Fayre to assist in raising funds for the erection of a parish hall in Barking, April 1920", a total of approximately 150 autographs, mostly clipped signatures mounted neatly two to a page (rectos and versos) with neat ink purple captions adjacent, authors include Thomas Hardy (dated March 1920), Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, J.M. Barrie, Edmund Gosse, Arthur C. Benson, Hilaire Belloc, actors include Gerald du Maurier, Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton, Marion Terry, Irene Vanbrugh, Adeline Patti, artists include George Clausen, Seymour Lucas, F.C. Gould, cricketers include Gilbert Jessop, P.F. Warner, F.H. Gillingham and Thomas Hunt, two team sheets for the Oxford and Cambridge University boat race crews for 27th March 1920, plus autographs of Frederick Treves, Mary Carnegie, William Osler, Robert Baden-Powell, Lord Roberts, Sir Herbert Plumer, Earl Haig, Viscount Jellicoe, Lord Byng, Sir Ian Hamilton, Lord Methuen, plus members of the Church, Nobility and Politicians including Arthur J. Balfour, David Lloyd George, Herbert H. Asquith, A. Bonar Law, H.H. Princess Marie Louise, calligraphic title in watercolour, all edges gilt, contemporary padded morocco, small oblong folioQty: (1)

* Charles I (1600-1649). King of England, Scotland & Ireland,1625-49. A fine Document Signed, 'Charles R', as King, at the head, Palace of Westminster, 17 May 1634, manuscript document on vellum, being a warrant under the Royal sign manual and signet, addressed to Sir William Uvedale, knight, Treasurer of the king’s Chamber, to pay 8d a day for life to Thomas Flooyd, appointed one of the king’s trumpeters in ordinary in the place of John Smith, to be paid quarterly from the death of John Pendry, with an excellent impression of the king’s signet, applied en placard, authorised beneath by R[ichard] Kyrkham [as clerk of the signet], some light overall age wear and with three original corrections to the text where certain words and passages were neatly erased and replaced, lettering at end of lines at right margin now partly indistinct, 1 page, oblong folio (27 x 43cm)Qty: (1)NOTES‘… Whereas wee have appointed Thomas Flooyd to bee one of our Trumpetors in ordinary in the place of John Smith and have allowed him for his attendance in our service the wages of eight pence p[er] diem. These are therefore to will and command you out of our treasure remayning in yo[u]r custody from time to time to paie… the said Thomas Flooyd… the said wages of eight pence p[er] diem from the time of the death of John Pendry late one of our Trumpetors during the naturall life of him the said Thomas Flooyd att the foure usuall feastes or termes of the yeare. That is to saie, att the feast of the nativitie of St John Baptist St Michael Tharchangell the birth of our Lord God and Thannunciat[i]on of the blessed virgin Mary by even and equall port[i]ons… .’ Sir William Uvedale (1581-1652) of Wickham, Hampshire, was long-serving treasurer of the Chamber, holding that position 1618-42, and also being appointed treasurer-at-war when hostilities broke out with Scotland. Robert Kirkham (c.1580-1638) of Richmond, Surrey, was clerk of the signet from 1614 until his death. The present document is of interest in providing the names of three of King Charles I's musicians. References to the three trumpeters, Thomas Flood (Flooyd, Floid, Lloyd), John Pendre (Pendry, Pendrey, Pendree) and John Smith (senior and the younger), are to be found in Henry Cart de Lafontaine, The King's Musick: A Transcript of Records Relating to Music and Musicians (1460-1700), London: Novello, 1909: ‘John Pendry played at the funerals of Queen Anne in 1618 and of James I in 1625. He was appointed one of the king’s trumpeters in the place of Nicholas Transom in 1626, and in 1628 was among the musicians discharged from paying five parliamentary subsidies. The last recorded livery paid to him was at Michaelmas 1633; a warrant to swear Thomas Flooyd, appointed in his place, was passed on 1 May 1634 and one for his livery on 26 May 1634.’ ‘Thomas Flooyd was sworn as a trumpeter extraordinary on 16 March 1633 and as a trumpeter in ordinary in the place of John Pendry on 1 May 1634. A warrant for his livery passed on 26 May 1634. On half-wages, he was admitted to full pay on the death of William Smith on 10 March 1637. He was dead by 18 November 1638, when a warrant passed to swear Thomas Cresswell, trumpeter, in his place. John Smith, who may have been the son of a namesake who served as trumpeter, was appointed a trumpeter extraordinary on 17 March 1629, and as a trumpeter in ordinary on 27 March 1634; an order for his livery issued on 30 May 1634. On 7 June 1638 he and his man were given sea liveries, having been appointed to go to sea on the king’s great ship Sovereign. He remained in service in 1642.’

* Cromwell (Oliver, 1599-1658). English General and Statesman, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1653-58. Document Signed, ‘O. Cromwell’, as Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland and Captain General of all the Land Forces of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, no place, 30 June 1651, manuscript military commission on vellum, appointing Richard Johnson an ensign in the Company of Foote commanded by Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, written in an italic hand and boldly signed at the foot, small red wax seal on paper wafer in upper left corner, scattered minor spots, 1 page, oblong folio (20 x 29cm)Qty: (1)NOTESColonel Sir Richard Ingoldsby (1617-1685) was an English officer in the New Model Army during the English Civil War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1647 and 1685. As a Commissioner (Judge) at the trial of King Charles I, he signed the king's death warrant but was one of the few regicides to be pardoned. In May 1651 Ingoldsby's regiment left Oxford and joined the army which fought at the Battle of Worcester, the last battle of the English Civil War.

Johnston. (Alexander Keith). The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, A New and Enlarged Edition, William Blackwood & Sons, 1856, title contents list and preface, crude tape repair to the gutters of the first front blank and title page, 35 (complete) double-page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, very slight spotting and dust soiling, contemporary manuscript presentation inscription to front endpaper, bookplate of Lucius Herbert Ingham, hinges strengthened, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, some wear to extremities, large folioQty: (1)NOTESThe atlas was first published in 1848 and this slightly later expanded edition has 5 more maps than the first edition. The atlas is arranged under various physical headings. Geology with 11 maps, Hydrology 6 maps, Meteorology 6 maps, Botany 2 maps, Natural History 6 and Ethnology & Statistics 4.

* Dudley (John, 1504-1553). 1st Duke of Northumberland. A rare Letter Signed, 'John Lisle', as Viscount Lisle, Alnwick Castle, 6 March, c.1542-47, to Michael Stanhope, writing to reprimand his correspondent for mishandling the King’s business in Hull, in particular for having paid out sums which were already paid, including the charges of the ships pressed into His Majesty’s service at Hull, and providing instructions in order to rectify the mistakes and informing Stanhope that the ships he has sent are to be discharged, ‘Albeit by reason of yll weyther, they have byn so long uppon the Sees that moche of yt, ys spilt and lytell worthe wherin the kinges mat[jest]ie shalbe a gret loser’, 2 pages with integral address leaf (very slight traces of the seal and with two small areas of paper loss, neatly repaired), some dust-soiling and light overall age wear, neat split to the central vertical fold, not affecting the text or signature, folio (30 x 20cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: The Spiro Family Collection, Part I, Christie’s London, King Street, 3 December 2003 (Lot 21, £2,390). A rare signed letter from John Dudley, English general, admiral and politician, and de facto ruler of England who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550-53. Sir Michael Stanhope (c.1508-1552) English courtier, Master of the Kings Harriers (1548) and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1549). Brother-in-law of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector to the young King Edward VI. Stanhope was beheaded on Tower Hill on 26 February 1552 after he was convicted of conspiring to take the life of John Dudley and others.

* Edward VII (1841-1910). King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. Letter Signed, ‘Edward R & I’, as King, Buckingham Palace, 30 June 1905, to the President of the Republic of Bolivia, the manuscript letter announcing that the marriage of the King's niece, 'Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah, elder daughter of Our dearly beloved Brother His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn, with His Royal Highness the Prince Oscar Frederick William Olaf Gustavus Adolphus, Duke of Scania, eldest son of His Royal Highness Oscar Gustavus Adolphus Crown Prince of Sweden and of Norway....was solemnized in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on the 15th instant’, signed by King at the conclusion and countersigned by 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927, Foreign Secretary 1900-05), a series of tiny stitching holes to left edge, not affecting the text or signatures, 3 pages with gilt embossed royal crest at head of first page, folioQty: (1)

Edward VIII (1894-1972). King of the United Kingdom January – December 1936. A visitors' book, seemingly associated with the Training Ship Exmouth, containing over 200 signatures by various individuals, many of them associated with the Royal Navy, dating from July 1926 to February 1943, including Edward, Prince of Wales (the first signatory, from a Prize-giving Day on 6th July 1926), Sir William Goodenough (1867-1945, Admiral of World War I), Viscount Doneraile (1866-1941), Binnie Hale (1899-1984, Actress), Sasha (1892-1953, Alexander Stewart; Photographer), William Bridgeman (1864-1935, 1st Viscount Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty 1924-29), Eric Fullerton (1878-1962, Admiral), Sir Sidney Meyrick (1879-1973, Admiral), Sydney Chaplin (1885-1965, Actor, the elder half-brother of Charles Chaplin. Sydney Chaplin had previously served on the T S Exmouth), Aubrey Chaplin (first cousin of Charles Chaplin), Mrs. L. E. Chaplin (presumably the wife of Aubrey), Princess Vera Constantinova of Russia (1906-2001, Great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I and a childhood playmate of the younger children of Tsar Nicholas II), Princess Xenia Shakhovsky (1902-1981, Wife of Count Mikhail Tolstoy-Miloslavsky from 1922-36), George Riddell (1865-1934, 1st Baron Riddell, Solicitor and newspaper proprietor who represented the British press barons at the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I), Sir John Kelly (1871-1936, Admiral of the Fleet; two signatures), Sir Algernon Willis (1889-1976, Admiral of the Fleet who saw action at the Battle of Jutland; nine signatures), Thomas Goff (1867-1949, Politician, great-grandson of King William IV), Henry Parker (Vice Admiral, Admiral Commanding Reserves 1931-33), Masa Matsudaira (daughter of Tsuneo Matsudaira (1877-1949) Japanese diplomat, Ambassador to Britain 1929-35; Masa’s sister, Setsuko, became Princess Chichibu and sister-in-law of Hirohito), Sir Dudley Pound (1877-1943, Admiral of the Fleet), Herbert Disney Vaughan-Hughes (1893-1962, Fleet Navigating Officer, Home Fleet, 1932) and many others including a number of signatures of Margaret Kerr, wife of Ralph Kerr (1891-1941, Captain, died whilst in command of HMS Hood when it was sunk during the Battle of the Denmark Strait in 1941), their daughter Jane and son, Russell, a tank commander who was killed while fighting in Burma in 1945, a few leaves loose, all edges gilt, original morocco, slightly rubbed, oblong small folio (18 x 23cm)Qty: (1)

* Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Queen of England and Ireland, 1558-1603. A fine early Document Signed, 'Elizabeth R', as Queen, Given at the queen’s manor of Greenwich, 7 September 1562, manuscript document on vellum, being a warrant under the Royal sign manual and signet, ordering John Mason, Treasurer of the queen’s Chamber, to deliver £15 2s 6d to the queen’s servant Martyn Almayne, marshal of the Royal Stable, for 'dressing and curing of divers of o[u]r horses and for necessaries…’, (£8 6s 6d between 25 December 1559 and 6 April 1561, and £6 16s 0d between 6 April 1561 and 29 September 1562), signed at head with usual pen flourishes, some spotting and soiling, especially on the reverse, lacking the original seal at foot, multiple pin-holes in the left margin (by which the paper vouchers in support of the expenditure may have been attached to the warrant), 1 page, oblong folio (15.5 x 25cm), endorsed with a receipt by Anthony Lambych [?] on behalf of Martin Almayne, 21 September 1562, with a final mark perhaps intended to represent a bit and bridleQty: (1)NOTES'...[We] will and comaunde you that of suche o[u]r treasure as remaynithe in your handes you do deliv[er] or cause to be deliv[er]id to o[u]r servaunt Martyne Almayne marshall of o[u]r Stable the somme of fyftene pounds two shillinges sixe pence for dressing and curing of divers of o[u]r horses and for necessaries by him provided for that purpose. That is to say from the feaste of the nativitie of o[u]r Lord god in the seconde yere of o[u]r reign until the feaste of Easter in the thirde yere of o[u]r reign ... [i.e. 25 December 1559 to 6 April 1561]'. The payment for the royal veterinary surgeon was therefore rather in arrears. Sir John Mason (1502/03-1566): 'Upon the accession of Elizabeth in November 1558 Mason was the sole senior household officer (treasurer of the chamber) to retain his post (and also the richest): testimony to his strong administrative ability and sound political judgement.’ (ODNB). Martin Almayne: '29 Sep 1562: Martin Almayne’s accounts ‘for dressing of the Queen’s Majesty’s Coursers’, Christmas 1560-Michaelmas 1562. Among the horses receiving treatment were: Bayard Count, Bayard Hastings, Bayard Prince, Bayard Star; Bay Pilgrim; Dun Arundell; Gennet Granado; Grey Antony, Grey Savoy, Grey Sparrow; Morell Speedwell, Morell Tempest; a black pied colt. Expenses included: ‘Laid out for the horses in medicine and other necessary things for the same horses when the Queen’s Majesty rode on progress to Portsmouth [in 1560], 10s; dressing of Coleprick’s eyes, 2s; dressing Valentine’s hinder leg, 5s’. Total claimed: £15 2s 6d. Lord Robert Dudley, Master of the Horse, signed the accounts.’ [TNA SP12/24/59]. ‘In 1567 and 1585 he was certified as liable for taxation in the royal household, the latter as Martin Almaine otherwise Galoe, an alien.’ (TNA E115/440/9, E115/2/117).

* Elizabeth II (1926-). Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . Document Signed, 'Elizabeth R', as Queen, no date, circa 1977, a pre-printed document with typewritten insertions, signet en placard upper left and blue ink signature upper right, being a pardon to Jean Moyo who had been convicted on 17 February 1977 'of unlawfully causing a vehicle to wait in a restricted street during the prescribed hours contrary to Article 5, the City of Westminster (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1976...' and was awarded to pay a fine of £10, the pardon also remitting her the fine imposed, some light creases, one page, folio (33 x 20 cm), framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESUnexamined out of frame where printed text to verso is indistinctly visible.

* George V (1865-1936). King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. Document Signed, ‘George R.I.’, as King, at the head, Court of Saint James, 6 March 1920, printed document on paper, completed in manuscript and concerning discussions with the President of Bolivia ‘regarding false indications of origins on goods’, and appointing Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard to enter into any treaty, convention or agreement with the President of Bolivia or his ministers 'that may tend to the attainment of the above-mentioned end’, with embossed red seal affixed lower right corner, small strip (12 x 3cm) clipped from lower blank left corner, two small spots at head and foot, 1 page, large oblong folio (41 x 49cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard (1884-1969) British Diplomat who had been appointed as Charge d'Affaires in Bolivia in 1918, and served as Consul General in Cuba, Haiti and Brazil before ending his career as Consul General in New York (1938-44). A document of unusual content.

Langlès (Louis-Mathieu). Monuments anciens et modernes de l'Hindoustan, décrits sous le double rapport archaeologique et pittoresque, et précédés d'une notice géographique, d'une notice historique, et d'un discours sur la religion, la législation et le moeurs de Hindous, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: P. Didot, l'ainé, 1821, [4] 4 xii 268; [4] 251 3 pp., half-titles, engraved additional title-page to volume 1, 3 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, folding letterpress table, 143 engraved plates (several hand-coloured or printed in sepia), tissue-guards, list of plates to rear of volume 2, plate facing volume 1 p. 79 browned, spotting to pp. 73-6 in volume 2, contents otherwise clean, all edges untrimmed, contemporary French binding of blue half roan gilt, folio (42.5 x 29.2 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESBrunet (1862) III 819-20. A very good copy, untrimmed; the superb plates include views (many of which are after Daniell), plans, and fine reproductions of Indian miniatures in the French royal library (now the Bibliothèque nationale).

* Hyde (Edward, 1st earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674). English Statesman, Diplomat and Historian. The humble partition and adresse of Edward Earle of Clarendon, 1667, contemporary manuscript fair copy in Secretary hand, Hyde defending himself to parliament against the charges for which, in due course, he would be impeached, attainted and banished, the text beginning 'I cannot express the insupportable trouble & griefe of minde, I sustain under the apprehension of being misrepresented to your Lordshippes...', and ending '... when his majesties Justice to which I shall alwayes submitt myselfe may not be obstructed or Controuled by the Power & malice of those who have sworne by destruction, Clarendon', 5 pages on two bi-folia with docketed cover and blank 2nd and 8th pages, some slight browning and old damp staining, first (blank) leaf partly soiled and frayed with one long closed tear, folioQty: (1)NOTESAn impeachment was first presented to the House of Lords on 12 November 1667. Clarendon's ensuing flight to Calais on 29 November was seen as proof of his guilt and the Articles of Treason were exhibited in Parliament against Clarendon on 14 November 1667. Clarendon attempted to defend himself and procure the right to return with his 'Humble Partition and Address' of 3 December 1667. It was reprinted widely, sometimes as 'news from Dunkirk House: or, Claredon's Farewell to England Dec. 3 1667'.

* James II (1633-1701). King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Document Signed, 'James R', as King, at head, Whitehall, 2 August 1685, manuscript document on vellum, commissioning John Webb as a cornet 'of that Troop whereof Colonell Alexander Canan is Captain, in Our Royall Consort the Queen's Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin Charles [Seymour] Duke of Somersett', countersigned by Robert Spencer, second Earl of Sunderland (1641-1702) as Secretary of State, and in the margin by William Blathwayt (bap. 1650, d. 1717), as Secretary at War, traces of the king's signet, minor soiling, 1 page, oblong folio (26 x 35.5cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSigned in the first year of James II's brief reign. John Richmond Webb (1667–1724), army officer, was born at Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire, the son of Colonel Edmund Richmond alias Webb (c.1639–1705) and his first wife, Jane (1649–1669). 'Webb commented that he had served in the army since the age of sixteen. This would place his entry into military service during the last few days of 1683 or in 1684 and clearly differentiates him from a John Webb who had served in Virginia before being promoted to lieutenant in the first guards under Marlborough in the Low Countries in 1691. On 2 August 1685 he received a commission as cornet in the Queen's regiment of dragoon guards (later, the 3rd hussars)...' (ODNB). Alexander Cannon (1640-after 1708), was a Scottish professional soldier serving in the armies of William of Orange and James II. Cannon (or Cannan) remained loyal to James at the 1688 Glorious Revolution, accompanied him into exile and was appointed Major-General of Jacobite forces in Scotland after the death of Viscount Dundee in 1689. Charles Seymour, 6th duke of Somerset (1662–1748), politician and courtier, known as the Proud Duke. Somerset was named by James II as a gentleman of the bedchamber in May 1685 and colonel of the Queen's regiment of dragoons in August. As lord lieutenant of Somerset he also took part in the suppression of the duke of Monmouth's rising that year.

* Marlborough (Sarah Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744). Document signed, 9 April 1730, a pre-printed document completed in manuscript for the repayment of a loan of £5,000 to the Duchess of Marlborough, Francis Earl Godolphin, William Clayton and John Hanbury, executors of John late Duke of Marlborough, signed in right column by Ch. Turner, Geo. Doddington and Wm. Clayton, signed on verso and dated 7 July 1731 having received the full sum, by the Duchess of Marlborough 'S. Marlborough', Godolphin and J. Hanbury, document slightly frayed and browned with old tape repairs to both margins and a few fold repairs to verso barely affecting lettering, long brown ink tick to recto and small printed cutting pasted to verso adjacent to signatures, 4to (30 x 24 cm), together with: Campbell (John, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1680-1743). Document Signed, 'Argyll & Greenwich', 6 January 1719, manuscript on laid paper, Argyll giving Power of Attorney to his attorney to collect all funds due to him as Steward of His Majesty's Household, 3 embossed VI pence stamps to blank upper margin, red wax seal adjacent to autograph, witness signatures of James Cockburn and Otto Foreman lower left, the document marked 'No. 2' upper right, some spotting and browning, slight old damp staining to left edge, two large pin holes to centre top and bottom not affecting text or signature, a little marginal fraying, one page, folio, tipped onto an album leaf at upper margin, plus two receipts, one a manuscript receipt signed by Sir Francis Child, 20 December 1701, the receipt of £70 from Sir William Trumbull for one year's rent for a house in Jermyn Street, dust soiling to left and right margins, 8 x 20 cm, tipped on to a paper mount, the second a pre-printed receipt completed in manuscript, being a signed subscriber's receipt made out to Denny Martin, 28 April 1720, the receipt for 'Half a Guinea, being the First Payment for Subscription to a Book of Doctor Fiddes his Life of Cardinal Wolsey...', signed 'Ri: Fiddes' lower right, 11 x 16 cmQty: (4)

* Tippett (Michael, 1905-1998). English Composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, 'Michael Tippett', circa 1984, scored on one side of a single sheet of music paper with printed staves, written in bold pencil and comprising an extensive number of bars of music across 8 staves, being Tippett’s rough manuscript sketches for part of his oratorio The Mask of Time, signed by Tippett in black ink with his name alone at the foot, 1 page, oblong folio (25 x 38cm), together with 2 Typed Letters Signed by Tippett's assistant Nicholas Wright, London, no date and 7 December 1984, concerning the manuscript and also providing some interesting biographical content relating to Tippett, in part, ‘He first decided to become a composer while at Stamford School and when he was aged about fourteen. He had heard an orchestral concert in Leicester, conducted by Malcolm Sargent and he was having piano lessons with a local teacher, Mrs. Tinkler, and decided that nothing would stand in the way of his becoming a composer! The composer to whose work he is very close is Beethoven, although he does not necessarily have one particular favourite piece of music. In answer to your question about where his ideas come from, he asks me to tell you ‘from everywhere!’ For example, in his Triple Concerto he is obviously influenced by music from the Far East which he heard on a tour over there…. I am also sending you a bit of rough MS, which has sketches for his new work The Mask of Time, which receives its first UK performance as the Proms on July 23rd…', both 1 page, 4toQty: (3)

* Anne (Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714). Manuscript Order issued by the Privy Council on behalf of Queen Anne regarding Scottish & catholic Oath of Allegiance to the Crown, 18th January, 1704 (i.e. 1705), single sheet written to one side in neat secretarial hand (approximately 350 words), with the signatures of each of the 8 members of the Privy Council including Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset (as Somerset); John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (as Buckingham C.P.S.); Sidney Godolphin (as Godolphin); Montagu Venables-Bertie, Earl of Abingdon (as Abingdon); Henry Grey, Duke of Kent (as Kent); Thomas Mansel (as T. Mansel); Sir Charles Hedges (as C. Hedges); and Col. John Granville (as Granville), with the addressee of the instruction being Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, light toning, few old folds, damp stain and fraying to right hand, laid down on album leaf, folio (35.5 x 23.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThis written instruction from the Privy Council of Queen Anne is addressed to Thomas Herbert, Lord Lieutenant of Wilts and Monmouth, who at this time (1704/05) was the 8th Earl of Pembroke and also Lord President of the Council. The date of the Privy Council instruction, 18th January 1704 coincides with the passing into English law of the Alien Act. The manuscript reads: "After our very hearty commendations to your Lordsp. Her Maty. having received an Address from the Lords Spirituall and Temporall in Parliamt. Assembled, setting forth that their Lordps. having taken into consideration, divers Acts of Parliamt. lately passed in Scotland, and the dangerous and pernicious effects that are likely to follow from thence, humbly offer their opinion, that in this present juncture of affairs, the laws against papists and persons refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths to her Majesty be effectually put in execution, we do therefore in her Maties. name and by her express command, pursuant to their Lordps. advice in the said Address, hereby pray and require yor. Lordp. forthwith to give the necessary directions to the proper Officers of the Militia - effectually to put the laws in execution against all papists and reputed papists, and all persons within yor. Lieutenancys refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths to her Majty. in respect to their Armes and Horses, by - seizing the said Armes with the assistance of a Constable, and the Horses in the presence of a Deputy Lieutent. or a Justice of the Peace, or a Commission Officer of the Militia, not under the Degree of a Lieutenant. And that yor. Lordp. do appoint 3 or more of your Deputy Lieutens. to dispose of all such Horses either by restoring them to the owners, if they shall conceive them to be unduly siez'd, or otherwise, as your Lordp. shall find best for her Maties. service, according to the Act of Parliamt. in that behalf. And of yor. Lorps. proceedings in the execution of these her Maties. commands you are to return an account to be laid before her Maty. at this Board without delay, to the end it may appear to her Maty. what persons have done their Duty. And so not doubting of yor. Lordps. particular care herein, we bid yor. Lordp. very heartily farewell from the Councill Chamber at St James's this 18th day of January 1704. Yor. Lordps. very loving Friends ...".

* [Henry VIII]. Draft document regarding arrangements for a royal procession, circa 1529, single sheet written to one side in an unidentified secretarial hand, regarding a procession, possibly for a funeral, entitled "The order in procedyng forme [from] the p[ar]lement howse to the masse ("Requiham" altered to) churche & in lyk wyse to the p[ar]lement chamber", undated but temp. Henry VIII, and from the reference to the mass, presumably before 1529, right edge slightly obscured by cloth tape, light dust-soiling and marginal fraying, laid down, folio (310 x 210 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe manuscript appears to be a herald's working paper for arranging a royal funeral (or state procession of some kind, as "the kinges highnes" is to participate in the procession) perhaps for one of the children of Catherine of Aragon. Following the King comes "the Cappe of Astate to be borne by [blank]/ The kinges sworde to be borne by [blank]/ The staf to be borne by therle m[ar]shall, and befor him garter, and befor hym tharchbishope of Caunturbury, and the lord Chauncellor of his lyft hand ... and so to procede to the quere to ye Mas of the holy ghoste..." Includes bookseller's catalogue description entry dated in pencil 5/11/73.

[Horseracing]. A group of 9 volumes of stud records and related for Cliveden Stud, [Taplow, Maidenhead, Berkshire], circa 1942-44, including Factor Book of Mares Not Bred at Cliveden, Factors: Maid of the Mist Family, Factor Books with Pedigrees, etc., plus two similar oblong folio manuscript ledgers, one gilt-titled 'Yearlings' to upper cover, plus three folio manuscript ledgers with racing records for 1942, 1943 & 1946, with horses' names thumb index, the two remaining volumes containing 45 mostly mounted gelatin silver print photographs of racehorses, circa 1920s and later, some names identified in the negative or on the mounts, images approximately 22 x 27 cm and smaller, mostly contemporary half morocco with general wear and one backstrip deficient, folio/oblong folioQty: (9)

* Lovell (Lovell Benjamin Badcock, 1786-1861). A collection of papers relating to Lovell's service in the Peninsular War with the 14th Light Dragoons and later, circa 1809-47, including a 14-page fair manuscript memoir with subjects including personal memoirs of the Peninsular War, a series of approximately 25 letters written to Lovell when serving in Portugal, 1830s, relating to diplomatic matters including relations with Spain, and including two letters of Henry Addington (later Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister), and four of Lord George William Russell as Minister to Lisbon, circa 1833, plus approximately 40 official letters and documents relating to General Lovell Lovell's orders and letters on administration of the Indian Army, 1839-1847, including a letter from Sir Robert Peel to the Master of the Rolls, plus approximately 16 mostly manuscript documents relating to drills and manoeuvres and a group of 7 further personal mostly manuscript documents, mostly folio and roughly grouped in four modern ring bindersQty: (4 ring binders)

Mercator (Gerard) - Ptolemaeus (Claudius). Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini, Amsterdam: Cornelis Nicolai (i.e. Claesz) & Jodocus Hondius, 1605, engraved title, engraved half-page portrait of Gerard Mercator, 28 engraved maps by Mercator, all but one double-page, illustrations, Great Britain map with lower corner torn away, occasional small pale marginal water stain, 18th century calf, spine with raised bands, morocco label and gilt decoration, upper cover detached, small wormtrack, edges a little rubbed, folio, 41.5 x 28 cmQty: (1)NOTESKoeman II Me 3 (variant c). The first edition of Ptolemy's Geographia with parallel Latin and Greek text. 'The Ptolemy edition of 1605 is the first work printed in Greek in Amsterdam and a typographic masterpiece.' (Koeman). Gerard Mercator had first engraved the maps for the 1578 edition, adding the single-page map of the Nile delta. Following his death his stock of maps was acquired by Jodocus Hondius in 1604 and together with Cornelis Claesz produced this atlas in 1605.

Mexican-American War 1846-1848. A printed proclamation from Antonio Lopez de Santa-Anna to his Mexican compatriots, Mexico, 31 March 1847, concerning Veracruz and its occupation and a call for resistance, dropped title with name and date at foot, some light browning and old dampstaining (mostly along central folds), one page, folio (33.5 x 22.5 cm)Qty: (1)

* Recussancy & Bowls. Examination of an individual before a Recusancy session, circa 1630, single sheet with two pages of manuscript, recording an examination of someone before a Recusancy session (Recusancy was the secret practise of the outlawed Roman Catholic religion, commonly called papists), mention is made later in the text of the presence of Sir Thomas Tilsey, Sir G. Ellis, Sir H. Slingsby (1602-58), Royalist as councell at the session, mention is also made in passing to the playing of bowls (lines 4 & 21), light dust-soiling, old horizontal folds, few short closed tears and fraying to edges, folio (29.5 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTranscript of first 21 lines containing mention of bowls playing, "The passage before the L.P. was this. H.A. having occasion to goe unto some grounde he had upon the ninteinth of August last within the Lordship of Preston in Hoderness and his way lyinge thereon a pasture ground wherein their is a bowlinge green and understandinge that C.H. was their he went a little foorth of his way to salute him who tolde him he would goe homeward with him after he had bould a rubber or two which would take him some two howers time, at which time H.A. sayd he would returne from his grounde againe unto him, and so he did, and having with him one John Burrill a blacksmith upon occasion he had to use him he asked C.H. if he weere readie to goe, his answere was that he had nowe begun a rubber and he would not goe yet, but desired H.A. to stay awhile and then he would, but findinge no certainetie in him, and H.A. his busines calling him away, he tooke leave of him, (the Companie also he liked not for their were both papists and recusants their) and as he turned his horse the Smyth followinge him carried him to Headen John and make him drunke sayd a papist one Anthonie Nevill unto whome H.A. turned back and made answere unto him, that neither he nor all the papists in Holderness could make him drunke to which he replyed that his religion was as good as his and theirs H.A. left the boulers (bowlers)."

* Theology manuscript. 'A Heroic Poem. On the Nativity of Christ or Christmas Day', c.1730? 4 pages, comprising 83 lines (approx. 700 words) written in a neat hand, containing four sacred texts 'A Heroic Poem. On the Nativity of Christ or Christmas Day' (19 lines), 'A Hymn. On the Circumcision of Christ. To the tune of the hundred Psalm' (9 four line verses), 'A Complement to my friend seeing me melancholy gave me share of a bowl punch' (12 lines) and 'On Contentment' (16 lines), fore-edge blank margin of first leaf torn, small folio (30 x 18.5 cm), together with: Funeral Sermon, Manuscript draft of a sermon to be preached 'At Mr Gould's Funeral January ye 15th 1704/05', 4 pages (approx. 600 words) written in one hand in English, few corrections, light dust-soiling, 4to (19.5 x 15.5 cm), Savoy Lutheran congregation, 'To the Kings Most Excellent Majestie. The humble Petition of the Ministers and Church-wardens in behalf of themselves and the Whole Lutheran Congregation in the Savoy', London, 12th Oct 1722, single page written to one side, old folds, dust-soiling, folio (27 x 20 cm), and two othersQty: (5)

Bolton (Arthur T.). The Architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794), 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Country Life, 1922, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some very minor marginal toning, all edges gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed & marked, folio, together with; Lloyd (Nathaniel), A History of English Brickwork..., 1st edition, London: H. Greville Montgomery, 1925, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Viollet-le-Duc (Eugene), Dictionnaire Raisonné de L'Architecture Francaise de XI Au XVI Siècle, 10 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Ve A. Morel & Cie, 1871-73, numerous black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red quarter morocco, spines slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, plus other early 20th century published architecture reference & related, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, 8vo/folioQty: (28)

Pozzo (Andrea). Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to Delineate in Perspective all Designs relating to Architecture, after a new manner ... by that great master thereof, Andrea Pozzo ... Engraven in 105 ample folio plates, and adorn'd with 200 initial letters to the explanatory discourses: printed from copper-plates ... by John Sturt. Done into English from the original printed at Rome 1693 in Lat. and Ital. by Mr. John James of Greenwich, London: Printed for J. Senex and R. Gosling, W. Innys, J. Osborn and T. Longman , circa 1725, engraved frontispiece & engraved general title (both neatly repaired to blank margins, general title with contemporary signature Geo. Pepys to upper blank margin), with additional engraved title 'Perspectiva Pictorum et Architectorum' present, 102 engraved plates (including two plates numbered 53, A & B, plus a duplicate of plate 100 bound at rear), engraved ornamental initials to leaves of text, short closed tear to lower blank margin of plate 39, lacking final leaf of index at rear, occasional minor damp stains to lower corners, light toning and spotting, modern professional half calf, marbled sides, folio (39.1 x 25 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHarris 704; Fowler 252 note. The second English Edition of the most important book on perspective of the late baroque period. It is a translation by John James of the 1693 Roman edition, Part I, but without the folding plate of the ceiling of St. Ignatius Church, which first appeared in the 1702 Roman edition of Part I. The descriptive text, printed on both sides of the leaves is in Latin and English, in italic and roman type respectively. The plates are reversed from those of the Italian edition and pl. LIIIA is the "Figura Ultima" and LIIIB is pl. LIII of the 1702 edition. This edition is ornamented with 200 initials engraved by John Sturt.

Stuart (John James). The Visions of an Amateur, Inscribed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart., London: James Carpenter & Son, 1828, etched pictorial title and 42 etched plates on 35 leaves (mostly equestrian & some military sketches, some plates have engraved titles or earlier publication dates), all on india paper, some spotting mostly to margins, and with 2 additional plates loosely inserted, cloth hinges, contemporary dark green half morocco, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, corners repaired, folio 33 x 50.8 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe etchings are reprints of earlier plates, some of which have the publication line: Colnaghi 1821.

Verve.The French Review of Art, Numbers 5-6, July-October 1939, 7, April-July 1940, and 8, September-November 1940, colour lithographs after Braque, Rouault, Bonnard, Matisse and Klee to first volume, colour lithograph after Bonnard to third volume, numerous tipped-in colour plates and monochrome illustrations to each volume, first volume with colour lithograph cover design by Maillol, chipped with some wear to spine, with a little loss, second volume (Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry) with remains of glassine overwrapper, third volume with colour lithograph design to covers by Matisse (torn and frayed with some loss to spine and rear cover), folio, all contained in publisher's original card slipcase, somewhat soiled and worn, together with: Ribbed Vision, A Poem, Robert Vas Dias, Lithographs Jack Bosson, New York, 1963, three uncoloured lithographs by Jack Bosson, each signed and dated, and numbered 97/150, original boards stitched as issued, large slim folio, limited edition 97/150, signed by both poet and artist, plus: Joanne Harris, Rainy Days and Mondays, Pictured by Graham Ovenden, Ruralist Fine Art & Frogspawn, 2006, colour giclee illustrations throughout, original light blue cloth gilt, folio, limited edition 4/55, signed by author and artist, and other artists' illustrated books, including St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Rome, Giovanni and Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1977, with colour frontispiece by Renato Guttuso, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original quarter vellum, folio, with card slipcase, limited edition 30/150, Andreas Felger & Martin Gutl, Du bist Abraham, Prasenz-Verlag/Verlag Styria, 1977, with woodcut illustrations by Andreas Felger, original cloth in dust wrapper and plain card slipcase, oblong 4to, limited edition 37/150, signed by the artist and authorQty: (17)

Ransonnet-Villez (Eugen von). Reise von Kairo nach Tor, zu den Korallenbänken des rothen Meeres, Vienna: Carl Ueberreuter, 1863, [vi], 34pp., 2 hand-coloured and 3 tinted lithographic plates at rear, final plate a little chipped at outer margin not affecting image, a little spotting, original printed upper wrapper only (some dust soiling) with new backstrip, slim folio (28 x 21.5cm)Qty: (1)

Folio Society. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary Of Gardening, 4 volumes, edited by Anthony Huxley, 1999, Gods, Graves, And Scholars, the story of archaeology, by C. W. Ceram, 1999, The History of The Church, by Eusebius, 2011, as new in original plastic wrap, A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain, by Daniel Defoe, 2006, The Story of The Middle Ages, 5 volumes, by H. St. L. B. Moss, 1998, Tom's Midnight Garden, by Philippa Pearce, 2008, as new in original plastic wrap, plus 35 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth, all but 1 volume in slipcases, 8voQty: (48)

Gill (Eric). The Four Gospels, London: Folio Society, 2007, black & white engravings, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated full black morocco in book box, with commentary volume The Four Gospels, Essays by John Dreyfus & Robert Gibbings, folio, limited edition 1717/2750Qty: (1)

Lang (Andrew). The Violet Fairy Book, London: Folio Society, 2010, colour illustrations, publishers original pictorial cloth in slipcase, as new in original plastic wrap, 8voQty: (1)

Lawrence (T. E.) T. E. Lawrence: Letters to E. T. Leeds, with a commentary by E. T. Leeds, edited and with an introduction by J. M. Wilson, Whittington Press, 1988, line illustrations by Richard Kennedy, half-tone illustrations, original buckram-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 277/650, together with 'The Mint and Later Writings About Service Life, edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson, Castle Hill Press, 2009, tipped-in portrait frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition, 228/250, plus T. E. Lawrence. Boats for the R.A.F. 1929-1935, edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson, Castle Hill Press, 2012, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, small folio, limited edition 92/150, with two others: The Mint, 1955, limited edition 543/2000, and Herbert Hodgson, Printer. Work for T.E. Lawrence at Gregynog, Fleece Press, 1989, limited edition of 340Qty: (5)

Luttrell Psalter. The Luttrell Psalter, Folio Society, 2006, facsimile edition, reproduced from British Library Additional MS 42130, all edges gilt, later real vellum endleaves, later full natural calf by Chris Arnison (rebound 2016), blindstamped and embossed decoration to both boards in differing designs, clasps, folio, together with commentary volume by Michelle P. Brown, in navy buckram-backed boards, upper board slightly finger-soiled at fore-edge, 8vo, both housed together in original navy buckram covered book box with leather spine labelQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 335/1480, from a total edition of 1500.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, By His Majesties special Command, Oxford, Printed at The Theater, and are to be sold by Peter Parker at the Leg and Star..., 1682, title ruled in red, and with some marks and light soiling, some spotting and occasional throughout, one or two leaves crudely repaired with plain paper overlaid to text, NT title present, Book of Common Prayer, dated Oxford John Baskett, 1721 at rear, with some defects, all edges gilt, 19th century blind decorated brown full morocco, rubbed with a brass clasp intact, folio, together with: Skelton (Joseph). Skelton's Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie, Oxford, 1823, engraved plates and illustrations, many with tissue-guard, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, heavily rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, large 4to, plus: Jefferys (Thomas, publisher). A Collection of Dresses of the Different Nations, Antient and Modern. Particularly Old English Dresses. After the Designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar, and others... to which are added The Habits of the Principal Characters on the English Stage, volume 1 only, 1757, parallel text in French and English, both titles (in French and English) printed in red and black, 119 engraved plates of historical costume, each numbered to lower outer corner, ownership signature to title of Sir John Halkett, all edges gilt, early 19th century green full morocco, rubbed and some discolouration, 4to, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly 18th and 19th century, including William G. Habershon, Records of Old London, Vanished and Vanishing, with coloured plate illustrations after original drawings, J.S. Virtue & Co., circa 1880, 36 colour lithograph plates, all edges gilt, original publisher's gilt-decorated maroon full morocco, rubbed and some discolouration, recased with original spine laid down, large folio, etc.Qty: (3 cartons)

Van der Voo (Rob). Paleomagnetism of the Atlantic, Tethys and Iapetus Oceans, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1993, monochrome illustrations and diagrams, original printed boards, 8vo, together with: Schlee (John S.), Interregional Unconformities and Hydrocarbon Accumulation, 1st edition, Tulsa, Oklahoma: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1984, numerous diagrams, original cloth in dust-jacket, 4to, Bebout (D.G. & Loucks, R.G.), Cretaceous Carbonates of Texas & Mexico, Applications to Subsurface Exploration, Report of Investigations No. 89, 2nd printing, Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, July 1981, monochrome illustrations and plans, original printed stiff wrappers, 4to, Vorren (T.O.), Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF), Special Publication No. 2. Arctic Geology and Petroleum Society Conference, 15-17 August 1990, Tromso, Norway, 1st edition, London, Amsterdam, New York & Tokyo: Elsevier, 1993, numerous diagrams, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, folio, and others similar related, all 20th century publicationsQty: (3 cartons)